Start Matthew Stafford or Bryce Young? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Matthew Stafford over Bryce Young in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Matthew Stafford at 23.3 points and Bryce Young at 16.3, a gap of 7.1. Matthew Stafford's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 16.3 fantasy points for Bryce Young, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Bryce Young is 239 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns and 11 rushing yards, with a 14% chance to score a touchdown (11, 13, 12 and 9 market sources).

Player markets imply 23.3 fantasy points for Matthew Stafford, with 80 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Matthew Stafford is 284 passing yards and 2-3 passing touchdowns, with a 7% chance to score a touchdown (13, 13 and 13 market sources).

That puts Matthew Stafford 7.1 points ahead of Bryce Young on the market projections.

Injury status

Bryce Young is not on the injury report.

Matthew Stafford is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 4, Bryce Young played 96 percent of CAR snaps, dropped back 175 times and threw an average of 9.1 air yards per attempt.

Bryce Young, Week 1 against CHI: 61 of 68 snaps, 23 of 37 passes for 361 yards, 3 touchdowns and 1 interception, 2 carries for 10 yards.

Bryce Young, Week 2 against ATL: 62 of 66 snaps, 23 of 36 passes for 287 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 6 yards.

Bryce Young, Week 3 against CLE: 77 of 77 snaps, 26 of 47 passes for 291 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception.

Bryce Young, Week 4 against DET: 75 of 75 snaps, 29 of 41 passes for 329 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 7 yards.

Through Week 5, Matthew Stafford played 97 percent of LAR snaps, dropped back 224 times and threw an average of 8.8 air yards per attempt.

Matthew Stafford, Week 2 against NYG: 62 of 62 snaps, 22 of 30 passes for 327 yards, 4 touchdowns and 1 interception, 1 carry for 2 yards.

Matthew Stafford, Week 3 against DEN: 86 of 86 snaps, 30 of 53 passes for 390 yards, 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, 2 carries for 13 yards.

Matthew Stafford, Week 4 against PHI: 84 of 84 snaps, 32 of 51 passes for 317 yards, 0 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, 2 carries for 11 yards.

Matthew Stafford, Week 5 against BUF: 82 of 82 snaps, 40 of 54 passes for 383 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Bryce Young played 16 games for CAR and scored 229.0 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing QB19.

He completed 304 of 478 passes for 3011 yards, 23 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, and ran 54 times for 216 yards and 2 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 96 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Matthew Stafford played 17 games for LAR and scored 358.4 PPR points, 21.1 a game, finishing QB3.

He completed 388 of 597 passes for 4707 yards, 46 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran 29 times for 1 yards and 0 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 99 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Bryce Young over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Bryce Young over Bo Nix.
• Start Brock Purdy over Bryce Young.
• Start Matthew Stafford over Brock Purdy.
• Start Matthew Stafford over Caleb Williams.
• Start Matthew Stafford over Dak Prescott.